Socialism isn't working out.
Paris (AFP) - France goes to the polls on Sunday in the first round of
local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and,
possibly, the far-right National Front.
The first nationwide vote since
Francois Hollande's 2012 election as president takes place with the
ruling Socialists battling record unpopularity and the main opposition
UMP party grappling with scandals embroiling former president Nicolas
Sarkozy.
Against that backdrop,
polls have suggested around one in four voters are considering casting
their votes for Marine Le Pen's National Front (FN), setting the scene
for what could be a breakthrough election for the anti-immigration,
anti-EU party led by the daughter of its founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
The
vote is also set to be a groundbreaking one for women: whatever the
final outcome of the two rounds of voting on consecutive Sundays, it is
certain that Paris will end up with its first female mayor, while
changes to the electoral rules are set to significantly increase the
number of women in local governments across France's rural heartlands.
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